Chicago, which owned the league’s best regular-season record, dropped the Kings to 1-7 on the road in these playoffs and even forced Kings Coach Darryl Sutter to remove goalie Jonathan Quick from the net by scoring four goals midway through the second period.

“They’re perfect at home, we’ve got to counter that and work hard here,” Blackhawks center Andrew Shaw said after scoring a goal and refering to the Kings' 7-0 record at home this postseason.

Jeff Carter scored for the Kings late in the second period to make it 4-1, and 21-year-old Tyler Toffoli scored on a power play with 1:02 left in the third period for the final margin.

It was all Blackhawks, though, for the first 30 minutes of the game.

Shaw scored 1:56 into the game, beating Jonathan Quick on a low shot. The goal was set up by a pass from Nick Leddy to Viktor Stalberg, who backhanded a pass to Shaw.

It's final, Chicago wins Game 2 of the Western Conference finals, 4-2. The Blackhawks lead best-of-seven series 2-0, with Game 3 set for Tuesday at Staples Center.

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Kings goaltender Jonathan Bernier has kept Chicago out of the net, denying a blue-line shot as the clock ticks under five minutes.

Shots on goal are 26-25 in Chicago’s favor.

The Kings aren’t swarming the goal as one might expect while facing this deficit. They know what they did in rallying past St. Louis in the first round of the playoffs after losing the first two on the road. And they were also unbeaten at home in eliminating San Jose in seven games last round.

Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford saves a goal. It comes on a crazy bounce from a pass by forward Jeff Carter that center Tyler Toffoli catches up to and gets his stick on it just as Crawford meets him after leaving the crease. Big moment for the goalie.

Less than two minutes remain in the period.

Chicago right wing Marian Hossa scoots a pass back to defenseman Brent Seabrook, who fires a low shot that beats Quick to his right and gives Chicago at 2-0 lead with 50.4 seconds remaining in the first.

Kings defenseman Drew Doughty is down after colliding with Blackhawks left wing Bryan Bickell, who is penalized for tripping Doughty.

The Blackhawks have a chance for a two-on-one breakaway but come up empty.

Kings forward Kyle Clifford gets off a clean shot that Crawford blocks and no one follows. the Kings then work for another shot.

Now there’s a penalty on Chicago with 6:08 left, cross-checking on defenseman Brent Seabrook.

Voynov fires a shot wide left. center Anze Kopitar also misses the net on a shot. Doughty shoots low, Crawford saves it. Trying for three consecutive shutout periods, wth less than five minutes left in the period.

Kings captain Dustin Brown blasts Chicago defenseman Duncan Keith into the boards as the Kings have started out as the aggressor.

Brown shoots off Crawford’s pads.

The early 1-0 deficit has added obvious urgency to the Kings’ situation, considering they scored just once -- in the first period -- in Game 1.

Defenseman Drew Doughty follows shots by Kings’ teammates Jeff Carter and Tyler Toffoli from the blue line and Crawford grabs it with 11:23 remaining in the period.

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Chicago’s star winger Marian Hossa told NBC Sports in a pregame interview that the Blackhawks, who cruised to the NHL’s best regular-season record, plan “to play with all kinds of intensity and speed.”

The Kings likely will try to take a more aggressive approach at the Chicago end after being outshot significantly in Game 1.

Robyn Regehr did start at defenseman for the Kings after being struck by a puck in warmups.

A loose puck on the Kings’ end is gathered by Chicago’s Jonathan Toews and he fires a shot from six feet that Kings goalie Jonathan Quick knocks down.

Chicago center Andrew Shaw scores less than two minutes into the game, beating Quick on a low shot 1:56 into the game. The goal was set up by a pass from defenseman Nick Leddy to winger Viktor Stalberg, who backhanded a pass to Shaw.

Shaw’s shot deflected mildly off Kings’ center Trevor Lewis, deceptively sliding past Quick for the 1-0 lead for the home team.